Dolphin Cake

I needed practice...and another cake design to add to my portfolio...so I made a birthday cake for a friend. She loves dolphins so I decided to try to make a dolphin cake. I am very happy with the outcome and she was extremely surprised.

Baby Belly Cake

Today I decided to practice making the cake that I want to make for Amanda's baby shower next month. I just love trying to cook/bake in my mom's kitchen. She has nothing that I need and if she does she has no clue where it is. I was unable to find the folding hook attachment for the mixer. We have no rolling pin. I couldn't find the cupcake pan until I didn't need it anymore. Fun stuff, really.

The cake is just a white cake with red gel food coloring in it to make it pink. I didn't have the form that people have used for the belly, so I used a metal mixing bowl. Since I couldn't find the cupcake pan, I used a tiny loaf pan.

Step 1
Here you see the bowl cake, which I started shaping a little, and the tiny loaf, which is upside down.


Step 2
Here I have shaped a little more, cut the loaf in two, and cut the top off of the loaf and placed it on the flat part in the middle of the belly.


Step 3
Here I have finished all the shaping.


Step 4
Here it is iced. I learned not to used whipped icing for this.


Step 5
The finished product!


The whole thing took about 5 hours. Supplies cost about $15. The recipe for the fondant made twice as much as I needed for this cake.